Literary Fiction

Now in paperback, Jenny Erpenbeck’s Kairos is a dramatic love story that unfolds as the GDR implodes—“an intimate account of obsessive, transgressive passion” (Claire Messud, Harper’s) An epic storyteller with the most...

WINNER of the Dublin Literary Award 2024 and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2022. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by the New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, The Financial Times, Words Without Borders A highly-acclaimed master work of fiction from Mircea...

City lights and an unrelenting heatwave set the scene for this swirl of characters — all on the verge — in this dazzling new novel perfect for fans of Naoise Dolan and Caroline O'Donoghue.“This is such a love story to cities &...

Tales of desire and madness from this giant of Brazilian literature. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary,...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of Everything I Know About Love comes asmart, sexy, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about ex-boyfriends, imperfect parents, friends with kids, and a man who disappears the moment he says "I love you...

"Everyone’s life begins on a level where races, armies, and churches stop. And yet everyone’s life is always shaped by races, churches, and armies."In these eight extraordinary stories of love, conflict, desperation and fear, James Baldwin...

A cat a day keeps the doctor away…Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has become an international sensation in this utterly charming, vibrant celebration of the healing power of cats.Tucked away in an old building at the...

'A gem of a book. Quirky, deadpan, poignant and quietly profound' -- Ruth Ozeki. The unexpected international bestseller. Meet Keiko. She's 36 years old, has never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years...

Coco Mellors knows how to write unforgettable characters, and her newest novel gives us a few more to fall in love with. This story about sisterhood and how grief can pull a family apart — and put them back together again — is perfect for...

An Irish town up against a radical right-wing party, Prophet Song is a haunting and harrowingly modern tale that resonates with so much of the present sociopolitical landscape. Written in gorgeous lyrical prose with tangible stakes that feel all-too...

Welcome to the Marigold Mind Laundry, where we wash away the stains from your heart.In this enchanting tale—a blockbuster bestseller in Korea—the enigmatic owner of a magical laundromat that erases people’s painful memories must...

Following two young creatives in present-day Berlin, Latronico’s sharply satirical skewering of the life of digital nomads places twenty-first-century life under an existentialist microscope to delicious and scathing effect. Shortlisted for...

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE • A bombshell bestseller in Japan, a defiant, darkly funny debut novel about a young woman in a care home seeking autonomy and the full possibilities of her life—“not only a major achievement...

Taut and surreal, Eliza Clark is back with eleven stories of womanhood, want and wonder.NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "BEST HORROR FICTION OF 2024." From Eliza Clark, the author of the brilliant novels Boy Parts and Penance and one of Granta’s...

Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally and then artistically, 'to fix once for all the perilous magic of nymphets'. Is he in love or insane? A tortured soul or a monster?...

Ten tales of loss and longing, from one one Japan's greatest writers It was the height of summer, and there was anger in the rays of the sun A summer holiday that turns to tragedy; a moonlit journey to fulfil a wish; a couple’s unusual way of...

Following a liberal Zionist who starts to investigate the collective disappearance of his Palestinian friend and neighbours, Ibtisam Azem's masterful, seductively bold novel mines the fissures at the heart of the Palestinian question with sensitivity...

The author of the acclaimed Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance (one of our former Fiction Monthly Picks) cordially invites us to the Cornwell Inn. With a tender heart and a wry sense of humor, this is a thoughtful gem of a story.A NEW...

A love letter to libraries and librarians, What You Are Looking for Is in the Library follows five individuals who find themselves motivated to make necessary changes in their life by the literary recommendations of an enigmatic librarian. Warm...

At times chaotic and brutal, at other times beautiful and poetic, and still at other times hilarious and unsettling. This is the story of young women fighting and above all else, it is entertaining.Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by The Washington...